E-Ring

Colonel McNulty finds himself at odds with Major Jim Tisnewski. The major must convince his superiors at the Pentagon and the Joint Chiefs of Staff that the United States should risk war with China to rescue an American operative.

McNulty and his staff must act quickly to keep a terrorist ally from slipping away. Meanwhile, someone from JT's past figures into his misson of sending his old unit into harm's way when a high-risk mission requires the best of the special-ops teams.

McNulty sends JT on a mission to Iraq to find out why there is unauthorized covert action and if the United States is illegally treading on Iranian soil . However, he winds up wounded and is forced on the run. Sonny and Algazi assemble a team to rescue JT from Iraq. McNulty gets charged with sexual harassment by the Inspector General.

Danger arises in Africa that mirrors the genocide in Rwanda and energizes J.T., who seeks the backing of an ambitious bureaucrat while the clock ticks.

A crisis in Suriname centers on two marines, suspected of raping a teenage girl and sought by a vengeful mob. J.T. seeks to evacuate the men, but his plan runs afoul of priority politics and intergovernmental wrangling.

Interagency pressures tax J.T. over a suspected terrorist in Sarajevo, who has escaped from prison and is now a political hot potato.

Part 1 of 2. Angie is shot in D.C. in a violent attack that's linked to a Colombian drug cartel that she and J.T. had targeted years ago on an undercover mission, which is recalled via flashbacks---that also recount how Angie and J.T. got together.

Conclusion. In Colombia, J.T.'s at risk on an undercover operation to nail a murderous drug lord. It's a mission steeped in duplicity and intrigue, and one that triggers J.T.'s feelings of guilt and revenge.

J.T. journeys to Detroit to handle a delicate hostage crisis after a radical Christian collective assumes control of a mosque and holds its members captive.

McNulty and J.T. mount a rescue mission in remote terrain in the Philippines to save a captured Navy SEAL, who was written off as dead three years earlier. The operation is met with numerous obstacles, however, including resistance from the Pentagon's civilian-oversight board.

It's Christmas Eve, but J.T. is hard at work on a special relief mission to help Afghan villagers, who are facing torrential weather and, worse still, the encroaching Taliban. Meanwhile, Samantha meets J.T.'s father, who wants a special favor.

J.T. and company scramble to thwart a bioterrorism plot when it's discovered that the plague is being produced in an illegal lab. Meanwhile, J.T.'s relationship with Samantha is tested when she receives an appealing offer.

J.T. and his team spring into action to investigate war criminals in Sarajevo, but the mission sours when an attorney they're assigned to protect is poisoned.

J.T. is promoted to lieutenant colonel and is put in charge of multiple Special Mission Units across the globe. But his celebration is cut short when terrorists kidnap an admired U.S. general in Spain and kill the man's wife in the process. Meanwhile, Pierce's love life blossoms.